Sample J, Lučane section, Sinj basin (Miocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (43.7° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Overlies Lučane 1 tephra, dated at 15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar). Magnetostratigraphy suggests upper part of C5Br as well as C5Bn2n chrons. Combined evidence suggests early Langhian age, between 15.4 and 15.0 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; poorly lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peroxide, sieve

Primary reference: T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, and M. Harzhauser. 2011. Middle Miocene freshwater mollusks from Lake Sinj (Dinaride lake system, SE Croatia; Langhian). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 140:201-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231226: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
"Lymnaea" sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
"Orygoceras dentaliforme" = Orygoceras dentaliforme, "Orygoceras cornucopiae" = Orygoceras dentaliforme, "Orygoceras stenonemus" = Orygoceras dentaliforme
"Orygoceras dentaliforme" = Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882 snail
"Orygoceras cornucopiae" = Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882 snail
"Orygoceras stenonemus" = Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Prososthenia cincta Neumayr 1869 snail
Prososthenia neutra Brusina 1897 snail
"Belgrandia klietmanni" = Cyclothyrella klietmanni Neubauer 2011 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis lanzaeana Brusina 1874 snail
Melanopsis lyrata Neumayr 1869 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis jadrovi Brusina 1892 clam